こんばんわ！

Hello! This is my first post...on my first blog...and it's in Japanese. I'm really excited to start this project. One of my goals in life is to learn lots and lots of languages, and I chose Japanese in particular because I wanted to study an East Asian language, and I've always wanted to travel to Japan. I watched a few anime shows when I was in middle school. That's probably when I started becoming very interested in the Japanese lifestyle and pop culture. Now, I don't watch anime anymore, but I did start watching this show called 　さすけ 　or Ninja Warrior in the States. It's an awesome obstacle course game show where people from different backgrounds try to make it through three stages to become "the ultimate Ninja Warrior." It was my favorite summer show. Now, hopefully I'll be able to understand some of the things the announcer says. Anyways, I'm really interested in traveling to Japan and experiencing the culture first hand. Hopefully some day I'll get that opportunity. Until then, I'll just be happy learning as much Japanese as I can!